Even when I lived in a tiny city apartment with a galley kitchen, I wasn't willing to forgo having a stand mixer. The best stand mixers make quick work of all sorts of batters and doughs, and anyone ...

The KitchenAid stand mixer is a modern kitchen icon. This machine's streamlined look, twist-to-lock bowl, and simple controls have remained essentially unchanged since their introduction in 1937, and ...

You can't beat a loaf of freshly baked bread, gooey cinnamon rolls, or a batch of homemade cookies warm out of the oven. But it's tough to mix the dough with just a wooden spoon or even a hand mixer.

Ashlee spent time as a newspaper reporter, AmeriCorps VISTA and an employee at a healthcare company before she landed at CNET. She loves to eat, write and watch "Golden Girls" (preferably all three at ...